yvo wrote:Hello,I saw this bird this July in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.I thought it was a Jackal buzzard (juvenile) ... but I'm no longer sure of anything. Please, what is your feeling with it ?Regards,

yvo

I don't know, the GISS just doesn't scream out Buzzard to me. Do you have any other photos of this bird? Maybe the horizontal posture puts me off course here. Furthermore the eye colouration is also interesting. I am trying very hard to make an immature rufous form of Ovambo Sparrowhawk out of this bird.

Hello wildtuinman & adrianpThe first photo is not really a crop... just a little bit (less than 10%)The tail ends behind the small tree branch (white) on the left. (it is not cut)I don't really know what the bird was eating, but it was furry.If you want a crop from a part i'll do it.Hope it's helpsyvo

This morning on a bird count, about 30 km south of Malmesbury on the N7, about 30 km from Cape Town, I saw this raptor. I looked through my binos, which apparently lied to me. My first glance before taking these pics, told me it was an African Harrier Hawk, which from the pics it is not.

It was very dark grey, darker than a DCG, with yellow gizz and legs. These are the best of 4 pics.

We saw a lot of Jackal & Steppe buzzards in the general area, but surely this is not one?

Thanks.

Whatever (according to BB): "You are correct but I don't want to admit it".